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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1915.

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The Post Master General's annual report, which we print in

DAY BY DAY.

The Weather.

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NOTES ON THE CRISIS. POST MASTER GENERAL'S

REPORT.

IS ITALY TO INTERVENE?

Less Shipping, Smaller Malls..

Lower level 8 a.m. Temp. 77; Koeping Record of Germany's fine.

At the Peak 8 a.m. Temp. 65;

The Malls.

English Mail-Due per s..

Nubia to-morrow. English Mail, Olosed per 8.8. Sardinia to-day at 9.30 a.m. Siberian Mail, Closes per s.s. Chenan to-morrow at 4 p.m. Up to the Minute--Share

Count the Columns, the Yesterday in general have gone so smoothly.

Telegraph We note that Mr. Wolle remarks on published 383 columns of solid "the vagaries of the silver market | reading matter. To-day there and the puzzling fluctuations will be 374 published. in the silver dollar currencies obtaining in each China port and Hongkong "bal, aince the Poet Office is a branch of the Govern- ment service, it will probably win little Icoal sympathy in itaj ironblee under his particular head. At the same time one is bound to feel glad that an in- dividual department should be at the trouble of jogging the authorities memory; and one would have felt gladder still had the Government had to suffer as greatly by its own past follies in this respect as the general public has done.

Trading with the Enemy.

"Trading with the Enemy came up at the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday, but not in any such manner as lo make the relative position of Ger-

Market News,

Closing prices

Unions.$855, sellers. China and Manilas. — $4.90,

bayers.

Steamboats, $23, boyers. Luzone.-827, nom. Raaba $3.40, buyers. Hongkong Godowns. $68),

buyere.

Slas.

"The following useful information is to be found in the Puat Mister General's annual report :---

The number of maile; mail baga

PRINCE OF WALES". FUND..

The following is Subscription List No 31

Mr George Hastings Stuff, Standerd Oil Co. of New York, 8th Sub..

Collected by Miss Square (April); Mise Walker Square Vanstone

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Mr. White

Mr. Asquith's remarke in the use on the Germans' treatment and pickets despatched showed Mr. P. M. N. da Silva of British prisoners offer a few an increase of 3,647 over the 1913 Mr. 8. G. Nowall shreds of comfort to those readers figures, but those received de- A. & F. M. who have friende at the Front cressed by 15,382. The total Police, 7th Sab. and possibly in the az emy's hands, number of mail bage and pickets Staff, Asatio Potre-

Team Co. ( All Britishera ere. agreed that dealt with amounted to 250,304 reprissle are impossible at these compared with 282,039 in the Ld. April.. present moment. Thousands of preceding year. The decrease is Mr. R. D. Harvey's Fund.

in captivity in entirely due to the war and the Collected by Capt. Germans are British territory, but it is not the consequent withdrawal of a largs C. A. Mutton (Amoy) April custom of our nation to make number of mail stedmera, notably Mr. G. F. Matthewa... war on or to perscoate the defence those of the Canadian Pacific Mias E. O. Sullivan... less. Thus we scarcely needed Railway, but it is interesting to Capt. & Mra. Mutton the Premier's assurances that our note that in spite of the unsettled Mr. S. Weeler... ,,J. Gibson... Government would continue its state of affairs the deep tobos.

J. Nobla humane treatment of prisonera, from the Colony should show a

H. Cadman Bat it is good to know that the slight increase, brutes who are responsible for The number of bags and insults and cruelties to our men packets sent in "transit through in captivity will have their crimes the Post Office smounted to 72,- brought home to them in the end. 955, via 580 less than in 1913. It should be no vory difficult The parcel receptacles bandled matter, when the war is ended, to showed an increase over the pre- drag all each people up for judg.vious year, the figure being 11,098 ment and to punish them scoord-jas compared with 10,002./ ing to the extent of their effaaca. Registered artioles and parcels. bandled in Hoogkong amounted to 910,400 as compared with The Italian Position.

1,026,558 in 1913. The decrease "The German Empire"as it of 116,082 articles and parcels still proudly terms itself-de- handled is mainly due to the war $5,plores the possibility of Italy's but the entry of China into the coming into the war; but, should Postal Union in September and this be inevitable,, the said. Em- the consequent transmission of pire "will meet the new situation closed mails, to various porta in undismayed." Of course it will. South China direct to some extent Germany is dead to shame as account for the decrease. regarda foreign Powers, but she gistered articles despatched still bas some little notion of and received via Siberis totalled {''_face-roving' where her cwn 58,995 as compared with 74,323 Elk are concerned. She has been in 1913, 70,00 in 1912 and telling them lies all along, and 54,207 in 1911. Toe decrease of now she foresees a situation 15.328 articles as compared with wherein she may have to round 1913 is accounted for by the less cff the elegant catalogue with frequent arrival of steamers what the schoolboy calls a "wop- owing to the absorption of per"; may have to point out to large number as transporte and them that Germany lost, not to merchant eruisers. the Allies but to the whole world.

West Points-$70, buyera. Shanghai Cottons. $90,

buyers.

China Borneos.- $10, sellers. Green Islands.-$81, buyera, Hongkong Electrics. $421,

Bellere.

Hongkong Tramways. ---

buyers. Watsons.-$7, búyėrs.

The Dollar. The rate of the dollar 'ou

demand to-day is le 9.13/16d.

To-day's Anniversary. To-day is Lord Rosebery's 68th birthday.

mans and Britishers resident in China any clearer than before. The new Ordinance, which was read for the first time yesterday, debts and the transfer of enemy concerns only the payment of businesses. There is, however, among this morning's wires, one which represents Sir Edward Grey as saying in the House on Wednes day that "although transactional between British and German traders in China were not ex- Royal Hongkong Yacht Club...

The handicap for the cruiser present pressly prohibited, Buch trans-

un race for the Oenone Cup will be sations were at The desirable.

question of sailed to-morrow. adopting a more drastic policy was under consideration." As we remarked in Wednesday's leading A concert will be given at the Therefore we can take her pre Volunteer Headquarters to-mor-tended anxiety lest Italy should undae prominence should be row night at 9. p.m.

The object of this paper is to publish correct information, to serve article, no one out here aske that

the truth and print the news without fear or favour.

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Telephone: No. 1 A.B.C., 5th edition.

Western Union Office address: 11, Ice House St.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG. FRIDAY, MAY 7. 1915.

given to the position of the British merchant in Chios just now; but

it is.not unreasonable to ask for

Volunteer Concert.

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Junk Sunk.

tion Lost.

European Fined.

3.8, Fatehan for Canton.

Left the Colony.

Money Orders.

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T. A. L. Chapple Martín

F. Mackintosh. Mauricio "Overy

Dr. Ferayth Mr. Dragisa

Collected by Mr. R.D.

Harvey:-- Herbert Coffe, Esq.

O.MG. 10th Sub Capt. S.O.H. Wilde Staff of Cement' Works (Kowloon) Staff, Holta Wharf

(Kowloon)

F. Berington Esq., 0. G. Fry, Esq., J. M. Gordon, Esq.

The expansion of business in Mr. G. L. Platt take a band in the game as part of the Money Order Department, re- her usual humbug. So far from ported from year to yer, has this fearing that other Powers will year been unfortunately arrested Already acknowledg

ed Lats 1/30 attack her, she has every hope on account not only of the war in that they will. But her opponents, Europe but also of the Revolution Too decrease of are far less definits in their wishes, in Mexico.

$200

189

25

15

60

385

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1.50

75.50

50

73

65

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10

5.00,

1

J.H.Bickhouse, Esq.

5.00

F. A. Coleman, Esq. L. S.

11.00

3.10

251.10

20.00

1,410.83

240,708.94

242,119.54

4:10

242,115.44

Subscrip.

2,415.83

39,882.53

42,298.16

284,413.60

1/9.6/16 29/01

21/12/14 £17,000 at

£7,000 at 1/93 and

3/10.

268 174.61

16,288.99

liona

On the one hand, the Allies know £17,104 consists mainly of the Less discount on sub-

coin for April perfectly well that they are more osseation of Chinese remittances than strong enough to break from the United Kingdom, Mexi Germany plus Austria plus Turkco (through the intermediary of ey; on the other, they have to Japan which has a direct line of Monthly face the moral side of the matter, steam communication with that which tells them that they have country), the Straite, Burmah and Already acknowledg

ed Lists 1/30 no right to lengthen the war by the Gorman Possessions in the one minute if this can be avoided. Pacifio; and it likewise accounts With the latter consideration in for the decrease in the payment view they may well wish to see of British Postal Orderä (£1,278) help coming from every hitherto which, es stated in last year's re neatral nation, so that a clean port, are extensively made use of Less remitted to Lon sweep of the enemy may be made by Chinese in the various British forthwith by cheer etres of

possessions. numbers.

French Progress,

as usuel, giving the enemy quite a

There is also a decrease of £1,856 on the sale of British Postal Orders, dus no doubt to

don

The river steamer Kwongohung a final statement on the part of and a jonk collided yesterday, the Imperial Government at as and the junk became water-logged early a date as possible. "Not and sank,

14 at expressly prohibited," but

Auction Sale. present undesirable" is the type

Mr. G. P. Lammert will sell by of phrase that, over and over auction to-morrow, at 11 a,m, at again, bas bred distrust of the Government by Britishers and his sales rooms in Daddell Street, ridicule of it by foreigners. Why a quantity of wines and spirits. SIR JOHN FRENCH ON GERMANY'S NEW WEAPON.should it be so very difficult for

the Minister for Foreign Affairs Two Revolvers and Ammuni

Fnd be

Mr. Davison, of Sai Wan Sir John French's report on the poisonous gas warfare, which, to say "yes

Terrace, reports that he has missed we published yesterday, is, like all his other utterances connected done with it?

two revolvers and twenty five with the present situation, eminently straightforward, reasoned,

rounds of ammunition. businesslike and uninfluenced by passion. Plainly he has gone ne "thoroughly as possible into the whole position and, rejecting all that

does not matter, has reported only after the most exact and minute Lord Rosebery,

At the Police Court, this morn- enquiries: The features to which he draws attention are: that the

Lord Rosebery has to be con- specially designed respiratore served out to the German troops are

was fined $5 for permitting an an indication of "a long, methodical preparation on a large scale"; gratulated on reaobing his sixty-ing, R. Brown, Queen's Gardens,

We hear nothing farther about the many calls on the people unmuzzled dog to stray, that Germany recognised the illegality of her procedure and so eighth birthday to-day. As one

the fighting that was reported at on acount of the war, but Balanes in hand

algo Blesser degree to the accused the British of having been the first to adopt the use of the looks back on his public career,

the beginning of the week as

Fleet and gases in order to silence criticism; that the deaths caused by this one feels that his is a specimen

taking place round about Arras, absence of the diegraceful means are painful and lingering; that those who do not of the lives that the world has,

The Hongkong, Canton and bat the battle in the Ypres region the reduction of the British die from the effects of the gases are apparently injured for life, for some strange reason or other,

vagaries of the silver market and which before the war arrived in and that the scientists and the Government who are responsible for not got the most out of. Intel Macao Steamboat Company an seems to go on with as much Garrisons in the East, The the introduction of ao horrible a weapon into the battle-field are lactually be stands well above nounce that the e.. Fateban will

most of the men of his generation leave for Canton to-morrow at 10 vigour as ever, The French are, the puzzling fluctuations in the 120 days,) it is very satisfactory. well aware of the latter facts.

There are two other considerations which the Field Marshal he is an orator to whom people of P.m. returning from Canton on lot of trouble, and German losges silver dollar currencies obtaining to find that this service is work- continue to be terrible. Two in each China Port and Hong-ing to smoothly under prevailing more lines of trenches in the kong would account for the conditions. Only two mails have raises; namely: that implied in his parenthetical "and possibly all shades and grades of opinion Sanday at 11 a.m. domestic," when speaking of criticiem that might be aroused; and listen with respect not unmingled

Among the people who left Mont Marie wood stand to greater demand for Local Postal been lost owing to the sinking that contained in his final expression of opinion as to the inadvig with admiration, and, as

for postal remittances,

888, viz.,

those dated the 7th and 8th November from London, and' ability of proteste. That all Germans are utterly abominable and working politician, he has shown Hongkong to-day were:-Mr. B.J. France's credit, while her artill- Notas (in creare about $8,000) of the 8. Atle in the North worthless no one believes. True, as a race they possess certain that he could

The War and Postal Affairs,"" the services to all allied and ffairs, neutral countries are working qualities prominent among them being lying which no other big things if he had a mind Grist, Mr. L. R. Needham, Mr. ery has created considerable havoo Potts and family Mr. and Mrs. being repulsed by, the British

Left Wing. Eye-witness" gives The chief feature of the year satisfactorily. The services to country is ever likely to wish to rob them of; but one is bound to thereto. Yet, if we consider his Underwood (Manila), Mr. Gamong the enemy that was already

Bayors. were laid before them just as we ourselves know them, a large write him off se practically a

holding of a position near Zon- war which has materially affected shortly after the outbreak of war nebeke by British infantry; one the General Post Office and which and are still suspended, viola, percentage (perhaps the majority) of the people would scornfully failure. His year of premiership refuse to fight for Germany another hour. Sir John French would was almost laughable and, since

In the Summary Court this which should show the Germans secounts for the decrease of postal The entry of China into the not biat even at the possibility of criticism of their own army'e that time, he seems to have sat methods by German papers unless there were grounds to justify his on the bank and allowed the morning before Mr. Justice Haze that Britain was not quite so near, business and of the postal revenue. Universal Postal Union which doing so. Butely all our readers, at one time or another, bave kurwe stream to run past him anheeded. Isnd the case was mentioned in when war was declared, to her On the outbreak of war the move-took effect on September let has This would have been well which Rose Morris of 39 Wynd- downfall aa was popularly be- ments of ships becacas very erratic, brought about 's reduction in the individual Germans who would be as honestly indignant as an enough for a man of mediocre ham rast, sued Louise Forman lieved. From the landing of the a large number were withdrawn, work of the General Post Office Brilieber could be at their rulers' sanctioning such devices. We are firmly of opinion that, given a few days of truth in the z newspapere, ability, but, as his friends sad of the same address to recover expeditionary force on the Con- and serions delay occurred in which is much appreciated. Most the Germans, and many even of the Prussians, would ries in revolt enemies are agreed, Lord Road $100 belanea due for board. The tinent last August, down to this the arrival and despatch of mails of the correspondance formerly bery is more then, that. Some oase was adjourned for a week, very hour, our troops have been A considerable improvement had sent a decouvert to Hongkong for busily showing the world that however been effected by the end onward transmission to Ohing against their Kaiser and his counsellors,

As to Sir John French's belief that protests will be useless, the attribute his failure to his attempta Armed Robbary Report. world knows all too well that he is right, Before a nation stoops to to be too versatile; others and From Yaumati the police. have they have kept alive the spirit of of the year, the only non-enemy and rios verea now passes through such ways as those which have brought eternal shame, on the Ger- perhaps with more correctness received a report of an armed the men who made the Empire, service which remained suspend the General Post Office i man flag it has gradually (for these things cannot happen all at once) say that his career has been robbery at a touse in Canton and that they can fight--and ed being that of the Canadian mails entailing considerably less cast off all that moors it to decency: pride, sense of honour, shame, marked by too many efforts to Road. Two men, it appears, went tight fairly as well tc-day as Pacific Railway Company, the work on the part of the. General Gelf-respect and all healtby desire to stand well in the sight of its hold with the hare and run with into a house, and being armed their ancestors, did. The Palhams whole of whose Profio diet had Post Office Staff. The loos) rates Of what use is it to talk to a madiso about self-control or to an in- ohosen to take a definite stand in inmates to submit to being reputation, and, by this time, the miralty. It is a matter for on China which were in existence neighbours. And so nothing is left to which an appeal can be made. the hounds, and that, had he with knives soon forced the too, bave been living up to their been requisitioned by the Ad postage from Hongbong to fant in arms about a sense of duty? Germany has so thoroughly either of the opposing political bound. Later the master of the Germans must have less Cause gratulation that the Siberian mall prior to her entry into the Unton denuded herself of all that constitutes a responsible and self-camps, he would have succeeded. house put in an appearance but then ever to love the EGTages" servios which was entirely gas are still in force and it is hoped she has made herself level with the bora If there be another explanation, he was also tied up. One of the whom Britain has sent against pended in August was re-opened will be maintained in the interest

in less than a month and though of the Chinese Post Office no lers.. respecting country that she has made madman who has never known what mental and moral qualities are, it is probably that his "Libe-womenfolk, however, screamed out them. If Germany

Taliam is of a sort that the as the men were plunder and little more of the same cort the service is slower than before than the General Post Office

the war (mails now reaching the Hongkong. E Of course protests will be fatile; even the neutral nations have long anemo por

Colony in 32 days on an average. lagu found out that The only form of protest that will affect our world refuses to listen to now they cleared off with prope beamwill be that of force, and such force as ill wuretrievably

wal and urush the nation that madly sapired to world dominion,

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at least do

think well enough of them to believe that, if the facts of the war record politically, we have to F. Wright and Mr. C. Bas a fine little story anent the was the outbreak of the European enemy comatries were suspended

days.

Interesting Claim,

valued at $1

Europe, might

her a little more to-day